Philadelphia Flyers vs. Montreal CanadiensMar 28, 2024

FinalThursday, Mar 28, 2024· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
PHI	0	0	1	1		PHI	5	9	16	30
MTL	2	0	2	4		MTL	6	6	5	17

: PHI 65MTL 42
: PHI 2.32MTL 2.83
PP goals: PHI 0MTL 1
Hits: PHI 21MTL 27
Blocks: PHI 13MTL 22
PIM: PHI 10MTL 14
: PHI 51%MTL 49%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Montreal Canadiens beat Philadelphia Flyers 4–1

Montreal Canadiens beat Philadelphia Flyers 4–1 at home. Mike Matheson (MTL) led the scoring with 0G 3A. MTL's first power-play unit (Matheson, Suzuki, Caufield, Newhook and Slafkovský) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 2:46 together.

Points
Mike Matheson had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 25:04.Matheson
Points
Joel Armia had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:19.Armia
Points
Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:41.Suzuki
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Matheson, Suzuki, Caufield, Newhook and Slafkovský) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 2:46 together.Matheson Suzuki Caufield Newhook Slafkovský
New line
New look for PHI: Atkinson–Couturier–Lycksell skated 5:55 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Atkinson Couturier Lycksell
Usage
Joel Armia (MTL) played 20:19, +4:50 up on his 15:29 season average over 65 games.Armia
Usage
Sean Couturier (PHI) played 10:26, −7:30 down on his 17:56 season average over 73 games.Couturier
Usage
Cam York (PHI) played 28:05, +5:32 up on his 22:33 season average over 81 games.York

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← PHI attacks left (bottom on phones)MTL attacks right (top on phones) →

MTL
PHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 107 of 107 attempts · MTL 42 · PHI 65

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
PHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MTL pressure
PHI pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: PHI 31% of the game, MTL 39%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

MTL

PHI

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	PHI	MTL
	48	41
	1.38	1.57
	1.32	1.51
	12	6
	2	1
	12	14
	+0.027	−0.027
	31%	39%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Atkinson – Couturier – Lycksell
5:5550% CF
L2Hathaway – Poehling – Foerster
4:2740% CF
L3Konecny – Tippett – Frost
4:2225% CF
L4Laughton – Farabee – Brink
4:130% CF
D1Sanheim – York
15:2461% CF
D2Johnson – Zamula
11:0757% CF
D3Ginning – Attard
9:1440% CF

PP1Laughton – Tippett – Farabee – Zamula – Foerster
3:00100% CF
PP2Konecny – Frost – Poehling – York – Brink
2:29100% CF
PK1FLaughton – Konecny
1:46
PK2FHathaway – Poehling
0:58
PK1DSanheim – York
1:25
PK2DJohnson – Ginning
0:51

Current PHI line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
9:5355% CF
L2Gallagher – Armia – Newhook
9:3061% CF
L3Anderson – Evans – Ylonen
7:2845% CF
L4White – Pezzetta – Harvey-Pinard
5:2463% CF
D1Savard – Xhekaj
12:4629% CF
D2Matheson – Guhle
11:2748% CF
D3Harris – Struble
10:5765% CF

PP1Matheson – Suzuki – Caufield – Newhook – Slafkovský
2:46100% CF
PP2Gallagher – Armia – Anderson – Ylonen – Xhekaj
0:14
PK1FArmia – Evans
4:42
PK2FSuzuki – Harvey-Pinard
2:16
PK1DSavard – Matheson
3:49
PK2DHarris – Guhle
3:27

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

12:58
MTLNick SuzukiPP (Juraj Slafkovský, Mike Matheson)snap0.20 xG
PHI: Laughton, Konecny, Attard, YorkMTL: Matheson, Suzuki, Caufield, Newhook, Slafkovský
PHI 0 – 1 MTL
16:46
MTLJesse Ylonen (Jayden Struble, Nick Suzuki)wrist0.23 xG
PHI: Johnson, Konecny, Tippett, Frost, ZamulaMTL: Anderson, Suzuki, Harris, Ylonen, Struble
PHI 0 – 2 MTL

3rd period

17:05
MTLJoel ArmiaEN (Mike Matheson, Kaiden Guhle)wrist0.58 xG
PHI: Laughton, Konecny, Tippett, York, FoersterMTL: Armia, Matheson, Suzuki, Guhle
PHI 0 – 3 MTL
18:59
PHIOwen Tippett (Garnet Hathaway, Travis Konecny)wrist0.05 xG
PHI: Laughton, Hathaway, Konecny, Tippett, York, FoersterMTL: Savard, Matheson, Evans, White, Harvey-Pinard
PHI 1 – 3 MTL
19:56
MTLJake EvansEN (Mike Matheson, Joel Armia)backhand0.56 xG
PHI: Laughton, Hathaway, Konecny, Tippett, York, FoersterMTL: Armia, Matheson, Evans, Suzuki, Guhle
PHI 1 – 4 MTL

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Cam Atkinson R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	10:54	—	—	67	97
Sean Couturier C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	0	10:26	—	—	36	42
Olle Lycksell R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:53	—	—	55	45
Tyson Foerster R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	1	1	0	20:46	—	—	53	47
Ryan Poehling C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	0	0	0	16:04	—	—	58	46
Garnet Hathaway R	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.06	3	0	2	12:05	—	—	82	83
Travis Konecny R	L3	0	1	1	-2	4	0.48	4	1	0	21:02	—	—	50	42
Morgan Frost C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	1	0	0	16:54	—	—	59	43
Owen Tippett R	L3	1	0	1	-2	4	0.13	1	0	2	16:50	—	—	40	27
Scott Laughton C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.32	2	2	2	21:05	—	—	56	45
Joel Farabee L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	1	0	0	18:01	—	—	54	66
Bobby Brink R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	0	0	11:27	—	—	36	27
Cam York D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.19	1	2	0	28:05	—	—	58	49
Travis Sanheim D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	0	2	21:58	—	—	62	54
Egor Zamula D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	19:01	—	—	60	38
Erik Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	2	0	15:31	—	—	52	35
Adam Ginning D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	13:21	—	—	31	50
Ronnie Attard D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	12:28	—	—	36	61

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Ersson(start)	L	15	13	2	.867	1.69	57:48

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	1	1	2	+3	1	0.20	2	0	0	20:41	—	—	50	67
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	16:14	—	—	27	20
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.16	6	1	0	15:40	—	—	35	46
Joel Armia R	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.74	0	2	0	20:19	—	—	48	56
Alex Newhook C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	1	1	0	16:54	—	—	52	60
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	1	0	0	12:25	—	—	65	76
Jake Evans C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.56	0	1	2	18:34	—	—	25	32
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	2	0	2	13:46	—	—	50	54
Jesse Ylonen R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.23	0	0	0	9:15	—	—	50	52
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	11:30	—	—	46	74
Colin White C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	1	1	2	8:29	—	—	60	53
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	7:22	—	—	63	85
David Savard D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	8	0	20:25	—	—	31	38
Arber Xhekaj D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	3	0	6	16:41	—	—	32	27
Mike Matheson D	D2	0	3	3	+1	2	0.10	0	2	0	25:04	—	—	48	48
Kaiden Guhle D	D2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.04	3	3	0	22:54	—	—	46	61
Jordan Harris D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	18:18	—	—	59	71
Jayden Struble D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.41	1	0	2	13:51	—	—	64	72

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cayden Primeau(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	2.32	59:38

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Nick Suzuki (MTL PP) 1st 12:58 · assists Juraj Slafkovský, Mike Matheson · Rebound · 8.6 mph shot.

Nick Suzuki · 1st 12:58 · MTL PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 8.6 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Type: rebound

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Jesse Ylonen · 1st 16:46 · MTL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 21.8 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: rebound

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Joel Armia · 3rd 17:05 · MTL EN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 63.5 mph
Distance: 65 ft
Entry to goal: 1.2 s

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Jake Evans · 3rd 19:56 · MTL EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 19.7 mph
Distance: 92 ft

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Owen Tippett · 3rd 18:59 · PHI

Play: cycle
Passes: 3
Shot: 60.3 mph
Distance: 34 ft

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.